Schönberg wrote the ‘Six Little Piano Pieces’, op. 19, in 1911 under the immediate impression of the news of Gustav Mahler's death. Of almost aphoristic brevity, they compress their material to an unprecedented extent. The longest piece in the series, op. 19/1, consists of 18 bars, while the shortest, pieces nos. 2 and 3, have only nine bars. The pieces are completely different in character, resembling almost painterly impressions on the one hand, but on the other hand they have an almost intell...

• Leicht, zart
• Langsam
• Sehr langsam
• Rasch, aber leicht
• Etwas rasch
• Sehr langsam